apotecario
See also: apotecário
Spanish
Alternative forms
- apoticario (rare)
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin apothēcārius, based on Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē, “storehouse”). Doublet of bodeguero and boticario.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /apoteˈkaɾjo/ [a.po.t̪eˈka.ɾjo]
- Rhymes: -aɾjo
- Syllabification: a‧po‧te‧ca‧rio
Noun
apotecario m (plural apotecarios)
- (archaic) apothecary, druggist
- Synonym: boticario
Related terms
Further reading
- “apotecario”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024